Thanks, the CTRL+SHIFT+S is exactly what I was looking for and would not have found that shortcut by myself.

@vux777

I had to watch the YT video several times to get it. I wish I could have played it in slow motion.
That's not your fault obviously you understand how to use your V7 Bookmarks extension very well.

I have only encountered one problem with it. I do not like that when closed, the left edge of my screen is not usable. For example I am in the habit of moving my pointer to the left edge of my screen when scrolling. That is just a habit I have.

Anyway I am suggesting that if possible when closed a dark star could be in the area to the right of my Opera address bar. Almost every other extension is positioned in that area.

Because there are people with different skill levels that might not understand that you posted a link to V7 Bookmarks earlier I am going to post a traditional link below.

https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/v7-bookmarks/

@vux777

Yes but it took me a while to find "setting" in the bottom left corner. I have no idea what the bottom right slider that changes color from Red to Blue actually does???

I was trying to say the procedures suggested from my Google search did not work. For example one said open Opera settings then click on import and export - so that one did not work because I could not find import and export anywhere in settings.

I should have been more clear that the "Bookmarks Import & Export" extension works very well.

I wish I could edit that earlier post because I see your point my earlier post is confusing.

If that extension did not work I would not have posted a link to it.

Just to be clear the link below is to an extension that works well.

https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/bookmarks-import-export/

@vux777

Was that last post some kind of spam?

(Ha Ha a little joke). You created the "V7 Bookmarks" extension and took your sweet time telling me about it.

I'm an old man and need a nap before I check out your extension. It looks complicated to my old, tired and feeble mind.

The "Bookmarks Import & Export" extension works well, but it only does imports and exports.

@vux777

I did a Google search on how the export Opera bookmarks in HTML. I found there is an Opera extension "Bookmarks Import & Export".

The ways described in my Google search for earlier versions of Opera do not work in my Opera 36.0

https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/bookmarks-import-export/

@davehawley

It would have been smarter to "copy" the bookmarks file to "Documents" then open the copy, save as rich text and rename it. I was lucky that the way I did it, the original bookmarks file was not changed in any way.

Hi Dave,

I opened it with WordPad just because I wanted to see the contents of the Bookmarks file. Then it occurred to me I could save it as a document. Not to reinsert it but just as a backup. Because I used Rich Text the listed URL's are live. That means I can use the Opera Bookmarks document and click on a link and that will open in any browser I set as default. I can also edit the Bookmarks document because there is a lot of text that could be deleted. The live links are pretty much all I need in my document.

I copied the whole Opera folder to my external hard drive. So bookmarks are in there.

lando242, Thanks for your info.

Hi Dave,

I did get an email about your comment. I found Bookmarks and opened it with WordPad then saved it in Rich Text (links are shown in blue and are live in rich text). I saved the bookmarks as a document.

I'm working on backing up the whole Opera folder, but I never turned on "file history" in Windows 10 and likely this is not the way to backup the Opera folder.

I know I can "copy the Opera folder" to my external hard drive. But I am very unsure of how to restore or reinsert it when needed.

I still not sure exactly what the problem was but I cleared cache and cookies. I also restarted my computer. Now I can type and input data into forums. I am using Opera right now to post this comment.

It was a strange problem but everything is fine now.